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Hi, this is Robert Stewart with Hill13.com. The next thing we're going to talk about is
reactive strategy. Reactive strategy is a fancy way of saying changing up your game.
Knowing what the opponent is doing is very critical to knowing whether or not your tactic
is going to be effective in that game. Let's look at the board. In this case, each team,
red and green, have one guy waiting back at the flag station defending the flag. When
the, when the, when the two teams are moving across the field you'll see that these guys
are a little ragged, they've got one player out here hanging on his own, and their wedge
is inverted. Over here, these four men are still running in a loose wedge formation.
The team lead is going to send out a scout. Now the scout can also be the same guy that
you would use as your flanker, but the key here is, is that this scout is going to try
to get out on the field, find the opposing team and then beat feet back and relay that
information, even if it's by hand signals, to the rest of the team. Now in this case,
the team lead is going to push straight up this side of the field but he, he's informed
by his scout that they have all taken up hardened defensive positions with good cover, and also,
this guy's out here on his own. At this point, the team can, the team lead can redirect the
wedge and push the wedge away from the opposing team. These guys are sitting over here wondering
where the green team is, because they expect them to come right on in. At this point the
green team can take up positions along the right flank of the red team and eliminate
this player. Once they eliminate this player, there's a number of things they can do. They
can do the rush or they can split off from one another and try to develop the pincer,
as we've talked about in the past. The key thing here is battlefield intelligence and
that's what the scout can give you, and that will allow you to react and change your strategy.